Land Use Data for Latitude 42.25 Longitude 8.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Cirque de Bonifatu
Forêts domaniales de Corse
Golfe de Porto et presqu'île de Scandola
Golfe de Porto, presqu'île de Scandola et golfe de Galeria
Haute vallée d'Asco, forêt de Tartagine et aiguilles de Popolasca
Haute vallée du Fango
Vallée d'Asco

Agricultural Land Uses

Grasslands - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Temperate humid
Mediterranean humid

Livestock

Cattle
Pigs

Growing Period (days)

240 to 269
270 to 299

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

16 to 30
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

2 to 5

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
ArgentelleFluorine-Fluorite

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.